Selma Blair

Known for ActingBorn 1972-06-23 (age 53)Southfield, Michigan. USA

Selma Blair Beitner (born June 23, 1972) is an American actress. She's known for her roles in the comedies Legally Blonde (2001) and The Sweetest Thing (2002), and achieved international fame with her portrayal of Liz Sherman in the big-budget fantasy films Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). After training at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting, Blair began acting in the mid-90s. Blair began her career with small roles and guest roles in various television series. Blair appeared with co-stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Ryan Phillippe in the 1999 film Cruel Intentions, for which Blair won an MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss - Lesbian Kiss between Blair and co-star Gellar. She went on to star as Zoe Bean in two seasons of TV series Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (1999-2000), She rejoined actress Reese Witherspoon in the comedy film Legally Blonde (2001). She also starred opposite Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate in The Sweetest Thing and in two independent films that garnered her much critical acclaim: Dana Lustig's Kill Me Later and Todd Solondz's controversial Storytelling, and one of her most recognized roles, Liz Sherman in Hellboy (2004) and its successful sequel released in 2008, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, based on the popular comic. Her films include The Deal, The Big Empty, and Ed Burn's Purple Violets. Her other notable film credits include Highway (2002), A Guy Thing (2003), A Dirty Shame (2004), The Fog (2005), WΔZ (2007), Feast of Love (2007), The Poker House (2008), Dark Horse (2011), In Their Skin (2012), Ordinary World (2016), Mothers and Daughters (2016), Mom and Dad (2017), After (2019) and A Dark Foe (2020). She starred opposite Molly Shannon in the TV series Kath & Kim, based on the Australian television series of the same name. She also starred as Kate Wales on the sitcom Anger Management (2012–2014); and as Kris Jenner in the first season of the FX drama series American Crime Story (2016). In 2010, Blair narrated the audiobook The Diary of Anne Frank, earning a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children. She can also be seen in the My Friend Steve 1998 music video Charmed. Her stage work includes the role of Kayleen in Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries, which had its world premiere at Houston's Alley Theatre in October 2009. In October 2018, Blair revealed that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in August of that year.Read more

Movies & web series

Stay Forte

Demarco Affairs

The Broccoli Theory

Teen Choice Awards

People's Choice Awards

Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry

Debutante

Friends

DuckTales

American Crime Story

All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'

Lost in Space

Introducing, Selma Blair

Web Therapy

Xena: Warrior Princess

Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation

After We Collided

The Big Empty

The Showbiz Show with David Spade

After

Slasher: Ripper

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Portlandia

Coast to Coast

Hellboy: In Service of the Demon

No Laughing Matter

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Legally Blonde

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Web Therapy

Cruel Intentions

Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane

Hellboy

Heathers

Eva Hesse

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound

Storytelling

Scream 2

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

In & Out

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

Anger Management

Project Runway

Kingdom Come

Another Life

The Poker House

Feast of Love